Variable

Category

BAH

APA

p-value

n

 

10

7

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Age (years)

 

52.00 ± 8.43 (range 42-70)

49.14 ± 8.97 (range 31-61)

0,961

 

Sex (M/F)

M

4 (40.0%)

1 (14.29%)

 

0,338

F

6 (60.0%)

6 (85.71%)

Serum potassium (mEq/L)

 

3.91 ± 0.34

2.62 ± 0.38

0,004

PAC recumbent (ng/dL)

 

20.26 ± 7.97

49.23 ± 24.68

0,009

PAC upright (ng/dL)

 

32.79 ± 9.18

63.60 ± 41.25

0,072

PRA recumbent (ng/mL/h)

 

0.28 ± 0.12

0.31 ± 0.27

0,562

PRA upright (ng/mL/h)

 

0.48 ± 0.29

0.22 ± 0.03

0,057

ARR recumbent (ng/dL)

 

84.07 ± 38.18

217.25 ± 147.06

0,034

ARR upright (ng/dL)

 

88.51 ± 44.41

283.50 ± 137.58

0,015

PAC after saline (ng/dL)

 

10.75 ± 4.63

23.12 ± 9.09

0,113

Two sided p-values for continuous variables refer to Mann-Whitney test U.
Two sided p-values for categorical variables refer to Fisher exact test.
Table 2: Comparison between BAH and APA subtypes. Data were reported as means ± SD or frequencies and percentages for continuous and categorical variables, respectively.